Fact Checker Is Hillary Clinton really ahead of Bernie Sanders by 2.5 million votes? UPDATE w/WY.

[Henhouse]

Fact Checker Is Hillary Clinton really ahead of Bernie Sanders by 2.5 million votes? UPDATE w/WY.

By Glenn Kessler April 6

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/06/is-hillary-clinton-really-ahead-of-bernie-sanders-by-2-5-million-votes/

Fact Checker

Is Hillary Clinton really ahead of Bernie Sanders by 2.5 million votes?

Update: Unofficial results indicate that Sanders reduced the vote margin by about 130,000 votes with his victory in Wisconsin.

The Pinocchio Test

Despite the suspicions of the Sanders supporter, the fact that caucus results are not included in the popular vote tally does not appear to make much of a difference in the final result. Despite overwhelming victories in caucus states such as Washington and Maine, Sanders gains only about 130,000 votes. That means Clinton is ahead by 2.4 million votes, rather than 2.5 million votes. Given rounding — and the fact that caucus numbers are only estimates — the difference is slight enough that Clinton’s claim, made before the Wisconsin vote, earns a rare Geppetto Checkmark.

[yallerdawg]

1. So it's true!

Hillary is beating them all!

[Arkansas Granny]

2. That appears to be a fact.

[Thinkingabout]

3. Sanders is third, does not look like he can beat Trump by these figures. Trump is ahead in votes

and Trump has not begun to vet Sanders, Trump will be harsh on Clinton, he will be harsher on Sanders, Clinton does not claim the title of Democrat Socialists.

[yallerdawg]

5. The Republican position on Sanders is...

a hope, a prayer, crossed fingers...please oh please Democrats, give us a real socialist!

Even Trump would win in a landslide!

[Thinkingabout]

7. Yes, he has the GOP candidates behind him, wouldn't that be a nice gift to the GOP.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Yep. Makes you wonder how polls are coming up with "Bernie can beat all Republicans better

than Hillary" meme. I don't see it in the numbers.

[NastyRiffraff]

6. Numbers?

Bernie doesn't need math! Or science. Or facts. He's BERNIE!

[pandr32]

11. Ha-ha! About right!

[KitSileya]

9. While many of them refuse to vote for anyone but Bernie,

They assume all Clinton supporters will vote for Bernie. Their cognitive dissonance is astounding. (Of course, since most Clinton supporters actually care about other than themselves, they most likely will vote against the Republicans if they cannot vote for their candidate of choice. Because we care about reproductive health care, immigrants, black lives, people with disabilities, seniors and all the other groups of people whom the Republicans will throw overboard. )

[SharonClark]

14. They assume that because they know most Hillary supporters are Democrats

and Democrats support Democrats.

[Fla Dem]

13. That is BEAUTIFUL!

[IamMab]

8. "a rare Geppetto Checkmark?" How awesome is that?

Sanders has gotten so many Pinnochios lately I'm started to think he promised one to each of his donors and is ramping up production to meet demand. Then I remember that Bernie "Bread Lines Can Be Good" Sanders doesn't understand economics enough to make that kind of adjustment.

[Lucinda]

10. I already knew it because MATH! But it's nice seeing it fact checked!

[Fla Dem]

12. Ha, ha, ha, Bernie lurkers, read it and weep.

[book_worm]

15. And her campaign has changed it to 2.4 million. Anyway, after NY & PA

she will probably be up by close to 3 million in the popular vote.